Joshua 20 - Introduction
* The law concerning the cities of refuge. (1-6) The cities appointed as refuges. (7-9)... [ Continue Reading ]
* The law concerning the cities of refuge. (1-6) The cities appointed as refuges. (7-9)... [ Continue Reading ]
1-6 When the Israelites were settled in their promised inheritance, they were reminded to set apart the cities of refuge, whose use and typical meaning have been explained, Joshua 20:35; Joshua 20:19. God's spiritual Israel have, and shall have in Christ and heaven, not only rest to repose in, but r... [ Continue Reading ]
7-9 These cities, as those also on the other side Jordan, stood so that a man might in half a day reach one of them from any part of the country. God is ever a Refuge at hand. They were all Levites' cities. It was kindness to the poor fugitive, that when he might not go up to the house of the Lord,... [ Continue Reading ]